Burial-casket.



No. 768,481. PATENTED AUG. 23, 1904. E.. A. POST. BURIAL GASKET.

APPLIGATION FILED DEG. 10, 1903.

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. A I I a, 2 E 2 i No. 768,481. PATENTED AUG. 23,1904

' E. A. PosT.

BURIAL GASKET.

' APPLICATION FILED DEC. 10, 1903.

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PAT NT OFFICE.

ELISHA A. POST, OF ALLEGAN, MICHIGAN.

B UR IAL-CASKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 768,481, dated August 23, 1904.

' Application filed December 10,1903. iSerial No. 184,527. (No model.)

To all "whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELIsHA A. Pos'r, a citizen of the United States, residing'at Allegan, county of Allegan, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Burial-Caskets, of which the following is a description, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, in wh1ch- Figure l is a view of two blanks from which I square-ended caskets are formed; Fig. 2, a

perspective viewof one end of each of theblanks folded to form; Fig. 3, a view of two blanks from which round-ended caskets are formed; Fig. 4, perpective views of one end fiber board, or similar material, each layer,

being formed from a one-piece blank of such outline thatwhen placed in a mold and properly shaped up forms the bottom, sides, and ends of the casket-body. j

The invention relates particularly to providing blanks of the proper shape, so that when they are assembled the ends of the easkets will be of the desired form'and the joints in each layer will break with th'e'joints in the contacting layer or layers. ferred that the casket be made up of blanks of two different forms, said blanksbeing so cut at their ends that when folded each supports and braces the other. These blanks are superimposed in alternate layers, with layers of cement or suitable waterproof adhesive ma' terial between them, and are then placed in a mold and brought to proper form and held under pressure until the cement has set and hardened, as fully set forth in my Patent No. 668,883, dated February 26, 1901. I

It is pre- Referring to the various parts by letters and numerals, 1 designatesthe portion of the blank which forms the bottom of the casket, and 2 the portions which are bentup to'form the sides thereof.

In forming caskets with square ends blanks A and B (shown in Fig. 1) are employed. The blankAis cut outon the lines 3 and i to form the end piece 5. It will be readily seen that this blank may be folded up, as shown at A in Fig. 2, and that as thus folded it will form one complete layer for the body of' the casket. The blank B is cut out on the lines 6, 7 and '8 to form the two end sections 9, which are practically longitudinal extensions of the side pieces. This blank is to be folded up, as shown at B in Fig. 2, the end pieces or sections 9 meeting at the center of the casket. When these two blanks are assembled one within the other, it will be noted that the end joints of blankA will be completely covered by the solid or uncut portions of the blank B and that the joint between the end sections of blank 13 will be at the middle of the end piece '5 of blank A. Blanks of'this form areplaced one within the other in alternate layers until the casket-Wallis of the proper" thickness, it

"being. understood, of course, that between each layer is a layer of suitable cement.

. The blanks C and D (illustrated in Figs. 3- and 4.) are employedin constructing a casket having round ends. It will be noted that blank C is out out at its ends to form the-radial end sections 10, which sections when brought to a vertical position form a complete rounded end for the casket-body, the inner ends of the said sections terminating on a semicircle, which marks the curve that is to be given to the end of thecasket. The blank D is formed at each end'with the two end sections 11, which are longitudinal extensions of the side piece 2, and the ends of the bottom section. are cut on a curve which corre sponds to the curve marking the inner ends of the radial end sections 10 of the blank C. The two endsections 11 are of. such length that when they are brought to a vertical-position around the curved end of the bottom Fig. 1, and assembled one within the other the joints in one end section will not at any point register with 'joints in the end section of the other blank. It will also be noted that the end sections of the blank 0 are integral With the bottom section of said blank, While the end sections of the blank D are integral with the side pieces and separated from the bottom section. These blanks are to be arranged in alternate layers in the same manner as the blanks shown in Fig. 1.

The blanks E and F (shown in Fig. 5) are employed in constructing octagonal caskets. The blank E is cut out to form the end sections 12, the inner ends of the cuts terminat ing at points which mark the corners of the casket, said cuts being so made that when the end sections are brought to a vertical position the edges of said end section abut closely together. sections are integral with the bottom section of the blank and are separated from each other and from the side sections by vertical cuts or joints. The blank F is cut out along the lines 13, 14:, and 15 to form the points 16 on the ends of the bottom section and to form the end sections 17. The point 16 is bent up on the dotted line 18 to form a portion of the end, and the end sections are bent on the dotted lines 19 to form with the bent-up portion of the end section 16 the complete end of the casket layer. When the two blanks E and F are properly bent to form, as shown in E and F in Fig. 6, and are placed one Within the other, it will be noted that the joints of one will not register at any point with the joints of the other, so that each will be braced by the other. It will also be noted that the end sections of one blank are separated from the bottom section, while in the other blank the end sections are integral with the bottom section and are separated from each other along vertical lines.

It Will thus be seen that I form my casket of two differently-shaped blanks, in one of which the end sections are integral with the bottom section and separated from the side sections, and in the other the end sections are separated from the bottom section and are integral With the side sections, said blanks being so formed that none of the joints of one blank will register with the joints in the other blank. It will also be noted that I use these blanks for alternate layers of the casket-body, the thickness of the wall of the casket being determined by the number of layers employed.

It is obvious that if blanks are employed ol 1 such shape and cut in such manner that when folded to the linal form of the casket-body any of the joints between the end sections and the body of the casket register in the various layers the completed casket will be weak at that point. it is one of the main objects of this invention to avoid this defect.

If it is desired to form the caskets flaring from the bottom to the top, this may be readily done by cutting the sides and end pieces of the blank larger at their outer ends than at their inner ends, as shown in Fig. 8.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A burial-casket formed of a series of layers of suitable material secured together, one layer being formed of a blank comprising a bottom portion and integralsideportion and end portions formed as extensions of the side portions, said end portions being separated from the bottom portion, and a second layer comprising a bottom portion and integral side It will be noted that these end i portions and end portions formed integral with the bottom portion and separated from the side portions, each of said blanks being so shaped that when molded they form a suitably-shaped casket, the meeting edges of the end portions of one blank breaking joints with the meeting edges of the adjoining blank or blanks.

2. A burial-casket formed of a pair of layers of paper suitably secured together, one being formed of a blank comprising a bottom portion and integral side portions and end portions formed as extensions of the side portions, the bottom portion and the end portions being cut out on the lines 13, 11 and 15 and adapted to be folded as shown to form an octagonal casket, the other blank comprising abottom portion integral side portions and end portions integral with the bottom whereby when said blank is molded it will form an octagonal casket, said blanks being adapted to [it one within the other and when so assembled to break joints one with the other, substantially as described.

3. A burial-casket formed ofa seriesof pairs of layers of suitable material secured together one layer of each pair being formed of a blank comprising a bottom portion and integral side portions and rectangular end portions formed as extensions of the side portions, said end portions being equal in length to one-half of the width of the casket whereby when the blank is molded said end portions will meet at. the longitudinal center of the casket; the other blank comprising a bottom portion, integral side portions and rectangular end portions integral with the bottom, said end portions being equal in width to the lIO width of the casket when the blank is molded, In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my whereby when the blanks are assembled and signature, in the presence of two witnesses, molded the joints in one blank: will beat the this 2d day of December, 1903.

Vertical corners of .the casket and the joints ELISHA A. POST. in the other blank will be at the longitudinal Witnesses: center of the casket at the ends thereof, and PERLE L. FoUoH,

along the lower end corners. CHAS. RENIoK.- 

